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Back at it with that music dawgs. I somehow got the phrase Off-Brand Loyalty in my head while getting off the F train at the Delancey Street station. From that point on I knew it was a song I had to create. So that’s just what I did.

When All The Clothes You Purchase You Get Selected Imperfect Stretch Dollars to Their Furthest but You Still Know How to Work It You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty When all the clothes you wear go a hole or a tear And you Rock it like, “Yeah, that’s supposed to be there!” You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty

Verse 1 Yeah I rock Polo but it got an Extra L in Not an Extra Large, they jus didn’t check the spelling Got a Bathing Ape that’s afraid to use soap But nobody gotta know, I can’t afford to look broke Gotta stay fly, in any given situation Rock the knock-offs, you know the cheap imitations But, I don’t usually share this information A little loose, what I’m wearing isn’t custom The pants I bought, always gotta readjust ’em ‘Cause it’s missing a zipper and a button I hit the thrift shop, don’t got diamonds in my wrist watch Fake it ’til you make it because you gotta floss in hip-hop I’m doin’ it like this I hit Canal Street To get them four striped sneakers for my brown feet The bottom of my foot looks like ground beef I walk a lot a yo I really get around chief

When All The Clothes You Purchase You Get Selected Imperfect Stretch Dollars to Their Furthest but You Still Know How to Work It You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty When all the clothes you wear go a hole or a tear And you Rock it like, “Yeah, that’s supposed to be there!” You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty

Verse 2 (Excuse me is that Coogi?) It is if that’s what you see In the Eye of the beholder like beauty Well then sure absolutely, by the way you a cutie Are you a model, because your Couture Juicy At least that’s what it says on your jogging pants booty Beg Pardon, Are those rubies in you jewelry Struck by all that gleams, but nothing’s what it seems Like the city never sleeps, but still the city of dreams For every pot there’s a lid, every plot has a scheme So you and me baby we a perfect team (You Sure?) At least the way that I see it (is that right) Babygirl I guarantee i (believe it) Tell Me what you want girl I got it Anything you need girl I promise Shopping sprees at Neman Marcus Girl I got these jeans at Target

When All The Clothes You Purchase You Get Selected Imperfect Stretch Dollars to Their Furthest but You Still Know How to Work It You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty When all the clothes you wear go a hole or a tear And you Rock it like, “Yeah, that’s supposed to be there!” You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty You got that Off-Brand Loyalty

So, The Black Guy Who Tips, among my favorite podcasts, requested a logo for this idea for a political campaign to motivate people to vote in these 2016 party primaries. This campaign is targeted at those in the electorate who feel dispassionate about any of the candidates they have to choose. from. We know we earned the right to vote through the hard work and efforts of our ancestors in the civil rights movement. So I whipped up a design.

The Water Crisis in Flint Michigan is a little unbelievable. I’m working on a song to vent my anger.
Been trying to figure out the whole trap sound, I’m too old school. There’s a sound effect of bubbling water and deep bow strings reminiscent of the jaws theme.

Here it goes.

(Intro)
A yo! It’s critical out here right now
America’s got a sickness
I think there’s something in the water
Oh, you want clean water?

(Verse)
It’s Bottled Up!
We talking ’bout brown water
For brown sons and brown daughters
Stagnant lake water
Where you wouldn’t even wash your face water
Have a sip, this is how racism tastes water
Make you believe the white man invented AIDS water
Evil, the way they did Tuskegee and shit
Or, maybe politicians just greedy and shit
They like, “These broke niggas don’t vote,
Lazy, threw ’em in the Flint River they wouldn’t even float.”
Big bully Business
Kick a town when they down
Industry done gone
Them jobs ain’t around
So, bail out a bank
But let the city drown?
Reduce a citizen to a budget line item
Look to you for leadership, and you sucker blind side ’em
Blood on the leaves, man there’s blood in the water
The blood’s on your hands
Lead pipes led lambs to slaughter

(Refrain) X2Can’t keep it bottled upGotta Bathe in Bottled WaterPoliticians Poppin BottlesWhole System Out Of Order

(chorus)X2
Wait, hold up
Let me get this straight
Ain’t Flint Michigan
In these United States
Turn on your faucets
All you see is toxic waste
Not just a tragedy
It’s a national disgrace

(Refrain) X2Can’t keep it bottled upGotta Bathe in Bottled WaterPoliticians Poppin BottlesWhole System Out Of Order

I working on some submissions for a t-shirt contest, on cracked.com, my usual source of creative inspiration. This contest is for mugshots for mugs of people that are heroes that have negative attributes or have outright criminal/amoral behavior.

So I initially was going to work on Obi Wan Kenobi, but someone already did a Star Wars themed one, then I decided on Doc Brown from Back to the Future. I like the way it’s coming out, here’s a sneak preview and my abandoned Old Ben Kenobi.

So, I was listening to the Nerdpocalypse Podcast and they were discussing somethings about the New Fantastic Four movie starring Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara. Michael will be portraying the Johnny Storm, Human Torch, brother of Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl/Woman. They got into how the cosmic rays give them their powers and how they manifest in different ways based on personality traits. Sue Storm was adopted by a black family and maybe that’s why she feels withdrawn and shy. Micah a co-host of the podcast jokingly suggests that since Johnny Storm is being played by an African-American, it would be funny if his heat powers manifest because he is a rapper who spits “hot fire.” So I made this, because it amused me.